
pmid: 37856700
pmc: PMC11367017
Abstract International sharing of cohort data for research is important and challenging. We explored the feasibility of multicohort federated analyses by examining associations between 3 pregnancy exposures (maternal education, exposure to green vegetation, and gestational diabetes) and offspring body mass index (BMI) from infancy to age 17 years. We used data from 18 cohorts (n = 206,180 mother-child pairs) from the EU Child Cohort Network and derived BMI at ages 0–1, 2–3, 4–7, 8–13, and 14–17 years. Associations were estimated using linear regression via 1-stage individual participant data meta-analysis using DataSHIELD. Associations between lower maternal education and higher child BMI emerged from age 4 and increased with age (difference in BMI z score comparing low with high education, at age 2–3 years = 0.03 (95% confidence interval (CI): 0.00, 0.05), at 4–7 years = 0.16 (95% CI: 0.14, 0.17), and at 8–13 years = 0.24 (95% CI: 0.22, 0.26)). Gestational diabetes was positively associated with BMI from age 8 years (BMI z score difference = 0.18, 95% CI: 0.12, 0.25) but not at younger ages; however, associations attenuated towards the null when restricted to cohorts that measured gestational diabetes via universal screening. Exposure to green vegetation was weakly associated with higher BMI up to age 1 year but not at older ages. Opportunities of cross-cohort federated analyses are discussed.
Male, Adult, Parks, Parks, Recreational/statistics & numerical data, Adolescent, Practice of Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Parks, Recreational, BMI; cohort data sharing; federated analyses; gestational diabetes; green spaces; maternal education, 610, green spaces, FOS: Health sciences, Proof of Concept Study, Body Mass Index, BMI, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/epidemiology, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Pregnancy, Infant and child health, Humans, DIABETES, Preschool, Child, Public health, Diabetes, Recreational/statistics & numerical data, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Health sciences, EDUCATIONAL_ATTAINMENT, Newborn, BODY_WEIGHT, maternal education, Diabetes, Gestational, Gestational/epidemiology, COHORT_ANALYSIS, PREGNANCY, Child, Preschool, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Educational Status, federated analyses, Female, Birth Cohort, Diabetes, Gestational/epidemiology, cohort data sharing, gestational diabetes
Male, Adult, Parks, Parks, Recreational/statistics & numerical data, Adolescent, Practice of Epidemiology, Epidemiology, Parks, Recreational, BMI; cohort data sharing; federated analyses; gestational diabetes; green spaces; maternal education, 610, green spaces, FOS: Health sciences, Proof of Concept Study, Body Mass Index, BMI, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects/epidemiology, SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being, Pregnancy, Infant and child health, Humans, DIABETES, Preschool, Child, Public health, Diabetes, Recreational/statistics & numerical data, Infant, Newborn, Infant, Health sciences, EDUCATIONAL_ATTAINMENT, Newborn, BODY_WEIGHT, maternal education, Diabetes, Gestational, Gestational/epidemiology, COHORT_ANALYSIS, PREGNANCY, Child, Preschool, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Educational Status, federated analyses, Female, Birth Cohort, Diabetes, Gestational/epidemiology, cohort data sharing, gestational diabetes
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